The next person to control a sizable piece of Dame Dash’s Roc-A-Fella history could be Charlamagne Tha God. During The Breakfast Club, the radio host said he plans to make a “serious inquiry” into purchasing rights and archival material connected to Dash’s life story, particularly the unreleased footage documenting the label’s rise.
“I’m especially interested in the Roc-a-Fella movie ’cause of what you just said, it’s a lot of footage,” Charlamagne said. “That’s history. A lot of content can be created around that. I’m intrigued.”
His interest comes as assets connected to Dash are being offered through his Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. According to a filing by court-appointed trustee Traci K. Stevenson, Everlasting Films LLC has submitted a $37,000 opening bid for a package that reportedly includes Dash’s life-story rights, biography, image and likeness. More than 100 hours of archival footage from the unreleased Roc-A-Fella Movie are also included, along with photographs and memorabilia spanning roughly 1990 through 2025. The proposed sale is intended to raise money for Dash’s creditors.
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That archive is what seemed to catch Charlamagne’s attention. DJ Envy noted how much of Dash’s history intersects with Roc-A-Fella’s influence beyond records, particularly the fashion and business ventures that grew around the label. Charlamagne said he could think of several people who might want the material, including Cam’ron, before putting himself on that list.
“I’m gon’ make a serious inquiry about that,” he said. “I am interested in purchasing the OG story.”
A purchase would not give Charlamagne ownership of Roc-A-Fella Records or its music catalog. Dash’s former one-third interest in Roc-A-Fella Inc. was already sold at a federal auction in 2024 after years of litigation over his debts. A 2022 federal judgment also reportedly established that Roc-A-Fella Inc., rather than Dash individually, owned the rights to Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt. The current bankruptcy sale concerns Dash’s story and the material he controlled, making the footage potentially valuable for documentaries or other projects about an era he witnessed from inside the room.
Dash filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 2025, reporting more than $25 million in liabilities and less than $5,000 in assets. His financial problems have already resulted in several properties and intellectual assets becoming subject to court-supervised sales.
